Awesome
Engineering

Awesome Engineering

Hardware engineering leadership

Principal-to-VP systems and product engineering — without the overhead of a firm. Part-time or by project.

WHAT I DO

Fractional engineering leadership

Director-to-VP hardware and systems leadership on a part-time basis — embedded ownership of your engineering org and roadmap without a full-time hire.

Product & program architecture

Architecting the full effort — system design and specs through program plan, schedule, and budget — so what gets defined is actually buildable on time and on cost.

Turnkey product development

A complete development team — electrical, mechanical, RF, embedded, manufacturing — assembled and directed through a vetted specialist network, delivering working product from concept to production.

Manufacturing innovation, NPI & cost optimization

Process development and manufacturing innovation for deep-tech startups, plus hands-on ODM leadership from prototype through high-volume production, with a focus on quality, scale, and COGS.

Technical due diligence

Independent assessment of deep-tech hardware companies for investors — evaluating technology, manufacturing readiness, and the realism of cost and scale claims.

how i work

Most product-development shops are built around their own bench — so you pay for their full org chart whether your project needs it or not, and you get whatever specialties they happen to have in-house. I work the other way around. I start with your problem, architect the path to a shippable product, and assemble the right specialists for that specific effort through a vetted network — scaling the team up or down as the work demands.The difference that matters: I don't hand you a list of contractors and step back. I stay accountable as the engineering leader through delivery, the same way I led hardware programs from concept to mass production at Starry. You get senior ownership of the outcome — without the overhead of a large firm, and without managing a half-dozen disconnected vendors yourself.

When a project has stalled

Some of my best work is stepping into programs that have gone off track — often when an OEM or ODM engagement stalled because no one on the outside truly owned the outcome. I embed as your internal engineering leader, diagnose what's actually blocking production, realign the team and the milestones, and drive the product through to the finish. Having managed ODM teams through high-volume production in China and India, I know where these efforts break down and how to get them moving again.

about

Andy Baisch, PhD, is the owner and principal of Awesome Engineering. He spent seven years building the hardware behind Starry's fixed-wireless network — most recently as VP of Hardware and Systems Engineering — leading the organization through its growth from Series B to public company. The millimeter-wave technology his teams designed and produced went on to anchor Verizon's acquisition of Starry. Across his career he has brought more than 15 fully integrated hardware products to mass production, alongside many more component and PCB respins. He holds a PhD in Engineering Sciences from Harvard and a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon, and is a named inventor on multiple hardware patents.

Let's build hard tech.

Whether you need fractional leadership, a full development effort, or help getting a stalled program back on track, send a few details and I'll get back to you.

Awesome Engineering LLC

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